Nevada, 2022

High Wind in Nevada, October 22, 2022

October 22, 2022 · NWS VEF · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

The first deep, cold trough of the season brought locally high winds to southern Nevada.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.

The first deep, cold trough of the season brought locally high winds to southern Nevada.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 21, 2:24 PM PST, 20 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 2:24 PM PST, 20 hours 21 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Esmeralda/Central Nye

When
October 22, 10:45 AM PST to 3:30 PM PST
Where
Esmeralda/Central Nye forecast zone
Measured
53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
37.914, -117.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The peak gust occurred 40 miles E of Beatty.

High Wind, Spring Mountains

When
October 22, 11:59 AM PST to 3:10 PM PST
Where
Spring Mountains forecast zone
Measured
71 kt (82 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
37.129, -115.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The peak gust occurred 3 miles NE of Mount Charleston.

High Wind, Las Vegas Valley

When
October 22, 12:30 PM PST to 6:50 PM PST
Where
Las Vegas Valley forecast zone
Measured
59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The peak gust occurred 1 mile SSW of The Strip.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1058952, 1058954, 1058956.